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A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:42 a.m. PDT, deploying 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites and landing booster B1063 on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You, as the company expands West Coast launch operations ahead of an East Coast Starship debut.
SpaceX launched its 11,000th Starlink satellite on Aug. 19, deploying 24 Falcon 9–launched V2 Mini satellites from Vandenberg; the first stage landed on a droneship, marking another milestone in the rapid expansion of Starlink, which SpaceX is positioning for Gen3 with plans to scale up to 100,000 satellites for multi-gigabit global broadband.
SpaceX is set to launch 22 of its new "V2 Mini" internet satellites for its Starlink communications constellation on Sunday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The new satellites provide greater broadband capacity and are fitted out with Hall thruster electric propulsion systems. SpaceX has regulatory approval to launch up to 12,000 more satellites and is applying for permission to add 30,000 more to the project.